The Monkees Follow

When the world and I were young, just yesterday
Live was such a simple game, a child could play
It was easy then to tell right from wrong
Easy then to tell weak from strong
When a man should stand and fight or just go along

But today there is no day or night
Today there is no dark or light
Today there is no black or white
Only shades of gray

I remember when the answers seemed so clear
We had never lived with doubt or tasted fear
It was easy then to tell truth from lies, selling out from compromise
Who to love and who to hate, the foolish from the wise

But today there is no day or night
Today there is no dark or light
Today there is no black or white
Only shades of gray

It was easy then to know what was fair when to keep and when to share
How much to protect your heart and how much to care
But today there is no day or night, today there is no dark or light
Today there is no black or white

Only shades of gray
Only shades of gray

When the world and I were young, just yesterday
Live was such a simple game, a child could play
It was easy then to tell right from wrong